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BIOGRAPHIES-JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS.
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WASHINGTON F. Geiger, SpringBeld (Republican-; _TW„ i„ n„i i.-
Ohio, in June, 1836; English and classical educational
JAMES B. Gantt, Clinton (Democrat). —Born in Putnam rvnmtir n„ /w V <„.
1845; educated in private schools; at the age"of 16entered the OcJh&rfepS™™2-6'
the Twelfth Georgia Regiment, 'and served with it^throughout^?he wa undef Ma?or
General Stonewall Jackson; wounded twice at the battle of Gettysburg, and onceltt the
battle of the Wilderness; disabled at the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19 1864 began
study of law m Macon Ga., in 1866; graduated in 1868 from the University of Virginia"
came to Missouri m 1868, locating in St. Louis in the practice of law; moved tcI Son
in 1869; lived m Sedalia eighteen months; partner of Senator Vest and Col? PnUips-removed back to Cinton a few years ago; elected Judge of Twenty-second Judicial'circuit over Page, Greenback-Radical, in 1880. , w
Ruben P. Owen, Bloomfield.-Born in Hopkins County; Ky., August26,1814;received
ordinary English education for mercantile pursuits; employed as a clerk in store until
1841; came to Stoddard County, Mo., in 1841; Deputy Clerk of Circuit and County Courts
from 1842 to 1846; Circuit and County Clerk from 1846 to 1861; admitted to the bar in
1860; elected Circuit Judge in 1870,1874 and 1880.
Turner A. Gill, Kansas City (Democrat).—Born in Bath County, Kentucky,
December 8,1841; came to Missouri March, 1854; attending State University at breaking
out of war; enlisted in Confederate service in 1861, as private; 2d Lieutenant Company
A, Sixth Missouri (Colonel Irwin); Captain of Second Missouri Cavalry, C. S. A.; after
the surrender of Vicksburg and exchange of prisoners, was Adjutant of Shanks' Begi-
ment, Shelby's Brigade; after war entered Kentucky University, and graduated therefrom in 1868; admitted to the bar in 1869, at Kansas City; Mayor of Kansas City two
terms —1875-6-7; City Counselor of Kansas City, 1879-80; appointed Circuit Judge of
Twenty-fourth Circuit to fill vacancy, July, 1880; elected Circuit Judge November, 1880.
Married.
Charles G. Burton, Nevada (Republican). —Born at Cleveland, Ohio, April 4,1846;
enlisted September, 1861, Nineteenth Ohio; after the war studied law; admitted to the
bar in 1867; moved to Missouri in 1868; elected Circuit Attorney Twenty-fifth Judicial
Circuit in 1872; Republican candidate for Congress in 1878, and received his party vote
for United States Senator in April, 1879; elected Judge of Circuit Court Twenty-fifth
Judicial Circuit in 1880. Married.
JOHN L. THOMAS, Hillsboro (Democrat). —Born September 16, 1833, in what is now
Iron County; parents came from Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1826; raised on farm;
educated in Arcadia College; taught school and read law from 1853 to 1855; admitted to
the bar in 1855, while living in Crawford County; married December 25,1856; moved to
Hillsboro in 1858; in 1870 elected to the Legislature; Chairman of Judiciary Committee;
candidate before the convention for Judge Supreme Court in 1872; elected m 1880 Judge
of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Court.
Andrew Ellison, Kirksville (Democrat).-Born at Monticello, Lewis County, Missouri, November 6,1846; educated at Christian University, Canton, Missouri, and the
College of the Christian Brothers, St. Louis; admitted to the bar in 1867; appointed
Judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit; elected to same position m 1878 to fill
vacancy, and re-elected November, 1880.
Charles H. L. Goodman, Albany(Democrat).-Born at Zanesville Ohio, May,24,1843;
removed to Illinois in 1853; employed on a farm until winter of 1859-60, seIf.educated
with the exception of one session at Friendsville Academy, Illinois; taught school until
the war began, when he enlisted in Company H,11th Eegimen* .Missouri -J£lntt'eert
(Mower Oolonell • discharged August 10,1864, as Commissary Sergeant, toi three years
wS^lo$dI as'a"nXk In the Subsistence "l£^^&&ffiX$$?r
U.S. Army; came to this State in 1867; «ndle^la^Hd.^^aa^0X?e^^S
elected Prosecuting Attorney of Gentry County in 1872 and l|'*;paPPYe\<d Circuit
Judge, 28th Circuit, to fill vacancy caused by death of Judge Howell, elected circuit
Judge November 7,1882, to fill unexpired term. Married. ......
Ohio; common English education; appointed Deputy A™"?rf^™nc0^cu0Urt of Com-
in 1851; admitted to the bar in mi£o*ntfm Kedlev^ TreatrsT for Justices, and of
mon Pleas; moved to Missouri in ^e, author of Kelley s ^ai Judioiaicircuit
I^^S^S^^^W^ &FeuSn nominee for Congress m
18Was™on I. Wallace,LebanoniS?^S,K*c?^S
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